Hi Guy's
 I have a question for you mach guru's is there a way to stop mach feeding g-code when the drives fault out i hope i am getting my point across what happens is if the drives on my machine fault out mach keeps running the code and the part and now code won't match is i do a reset and run i have to try and set the start point and run the code until i get it to a point where i can check it's location then return to 0 make an adjustment and try it again it's a real pain thanks.


Rg's
Dennis   

If your drives have a fault signal you can feed that to Mach to do an E-Stop.
The way I do it is via my PLC, heres a screenshot of the E-Stop to Mach via my PLC but you could do similar with a Brain. I also have the enables to the drives in a similar fashion in the PLC so if a limit or E-Stop button or drive faults then enables are taken away from the drives.

Hood

Hood
Thanks for the reply, i have all my drives linked together so if one drive faults they all go didn't want any thing moving and cutting in only one axis i have break out board in between my computer and the drives so i am not sure how this effects what you have pictured above or how it's done.

Thanks again for the help
Dennis

I take it your drives have a fault signal then? If so feed that to an input to Mach and have a brain look at that input and call an E-Stop.
Hood

Another trick is to bring your fauilt signal into the Estop input pin.

(;-) TP

Another trick is to bring your fauilt signal into the Estop input pin.

(;-) TP

Thats the preferred way I would say, its what I do but as I use a PLC its easy to have all sorts in the E-Stop string to Mach. I have dual E-Stop string, the one to Mach and the other to my drives contactors etc.

Hood

Thanks guy's for the help
so then all i have to do is take one of the input line's in the Lpt port wiring and tie it into the fault wire is my thinking correct?

Dennis

or you could also put it in as Input 1 then enable the option on General Config page (lower left) That will stop code when the input is active however it will not E-Stop Mach.
Hood

Hood
if i do the above on pin one it would stop Mach and the G-code feed at the time the drives fault correct ? that's what i wish to accomplish when and if the drives fault out mach stops the code from going any further it all comes to a stop at the same time.

Dennis

Yes thats what would happen, you just have to remember to rehome as you will likely have lost position but you would likely do that anyway. Personally I prefer Mach gets an e-stop but thats just my personal choice.
Hood